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Cricket Introduces Samsung MyShot II with Customized Cricket MyHomeScreen

Kim Poh Liaw — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:51:41 +0000

Cricket Communications and Samsung are now offering Samsung MyShot II SCH-r460, a clamshell phone with affordable price and customized home screen. It also includes MP3 music player with a microSD slot for removable memory, stereo Bluetooth, a large display, a 1.3 megapixel camera and Mobile Web.

The personalized home screen on the MyShot II offering widgets for quick access to your account information, favorite Internet content including news, weather, sports, social networking, and shop for downloads. The Samsung MyShot II is immediately available at Cricket retail stores and dealers for $159.99.

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Cricket Communications Start Offering Mobile Music Service

Kim Poh Liaw — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:21:30 +0000

Cricket Communications and today launched its Mobile Music, allowing Cricket customers to purchase and download songs directly to their wireless devices and/or personal computers. Cricket’s Mobile Music service is fully managed by LiveWire Mobile.

Customers can search music by artist, album, song and genre to purchase tracks and download them directly to their Cricket phone for $1.99 each, or receive three download credits for a $5 monthly charge. Songs are available online at www.mycricket.com for $.99 each and customers can use Cricket’s Music Manager software to sideload the tracks to their mobile phone, or buy two copies of each song, one for their PC and one for their phone for $2.25 per song.

Customers can sign up for Mobile Music over the air, online or at Cricket stores and dealers. To experience Mobile Music, customers need a music-capable Cricket 3G handset, with an integrated music player and memory card. Mobile Music is currently available on Cricket’s 3G devices, including the Motorola ROKR, KRZR, SLVR and RZR2; and Samsung JetSet, r610 and r500.

Cricket Brings Value to Mobile Video with Unlimited Downloads for Flat $5 Monthly Fee

Kim Poh Liaw — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:48:43 +0000

Cricket announced a flat-rate unlimited mobile video service, available immediately, that allows users to view one-to-four-minute-long video clips directly from select handsets. Videos available include music videos, artist interviews, music documentaries, sports clips from FUEL TV such as soccer and mixed martial arts, entertainment news from Hollywood Insider, movie trailers, horoscopes, comedy, cartoons and selected Spanish language content.

Cricket’s Mobile Video service provides unlimited videos for $5 per month with no additional data charges, and can be added to any of Cricket’s monthly rate plans.

Cricket’s Mobile Video service features personalized offerings to help customers easily find popular selections and match their specific interests, such as those that have been determined the most popular by the total number of downloads, featured videos selected by Cricket, and recommended videos based on previous and current selections. The service will also allow Cricket customers with video enabled devices to trial the service and experience mobile video firsthand. Cricket’s Mobile Video service is available immediately on select handsets via the WAP browser. Visit www.mycricket.com for more information.